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'''Ghaffari''' (Persian: غفاری) is a [[surname]] name, often associated with Iranian families from the [[Kashan]] region.<ref name="zarabi">Zarabi, ''The History of Kashan'', 1999 (تاريخ كاشان)</ref> However the name is found all over Iran and elsewhere, as families historically Iran did not have last names until governmental policies instituted within the 20th century, hence the name can be found all over [[Iran]], such as [[Mazandaran]] and [[Semnan Province|Semnan]].<ref name="naraqi">Naraqi, ''The Ghaffari Family of Kashan'', 1966 (خاندان غفاری کاشان)</ref>